Pol. Lt. Colonel Dr. Panupong Panudulkitti, Inspector in the Traffic Police Division and Legal Development Program (LDP) member, presented at the second ASEAN Traffic Police Forum on behalf of the Royal Thai Police department. He presented on the current road safety situation in Thailand including both recent successes and continuing challenges. The forum was held
Today, students from Kien Hung and Bien Giang Primary Schools in Hanoi received 3,091 high-quality helmets as part of the Safety Delivered program supported by The UPS Foundation. More than 2,300 participants attended the helmet handover ceremony held at Kien Hung Primary School, including representatives from UPS; traffic safety government officials and police; local partners from program
Helmets for Families, sponsored by Manulife Cambodia, celebrated its sixth anniversary by expanding its road safety education to Veal Vong Primary School in Kampong Cham Province. This year, over 1,000 high-quality helmets were donated to the community, as well as an education program on road safety awareness to students. Veal Vong Primary School was selected
AIP Foundation President and Founder Greig Craft attended ‘Road Safety for Sustainable Cities: A Multi-stakeholder Conference’ held in Manila, where he presented on the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative (GHVI) and our role in establishing and assisting with implementation of the initiative across Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Uganda, and Tanzania. The conference was organized by the United Nations Institute for
AIP Foundation President and Founder Greig Craft joined road safety experts from 22 countries for a conference in New Delhi, India titled ‘Vulnerable Road Users Safety in South East Asia.’ The three-day conference was organized by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and addressed issues of road safety for pedestrians, elderly, disabled, as well
We met with the deputy director of Wat Chong Nonsi Primary School in Bangkok to discuss preparations for the Helmets for Kids program implementation at the school. The five-month program, which will be implemented between November 2017 and March 2018, is supported by Grab Taxi. In July, Grab ran a campaign in Bangkok pledging to donate 5% of
Legal Development Program member Dr. Sanya Namee, who is also the Director of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Regional Center (DPMRC) in Chanthaburi Province, presided over the opening ceremony for the speed management training workshop held in the province. The training provides technical support and capacity building to the DPMRCs in Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi, and Trat
AIP Foundation staff met with the director and teachers of Wat Rachasingkorn Primary School in Bangkok to discuss preparations for the upcoming Safe School, Safe Community program, which aims to increase helmet use among children, teachers, and parents, and to raise public awareness of the importance of child quality helmet use. The five-month project, which will be
UPS staff volunteers joined over 1,000 students and teachers from Tran Van On Primary School for a school visit organized by Safety Delivered, a new regional road safety program supported by The UPS Foundation. The school visit began with a donation of over 800 quality motorcycle helmets to students of Tran Van On Primary School. Following the
Members of the Youth Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) program in Siem Reap promoted safe road behaviors for road users during Bon Om Touk, or the Cambodian Water Festival. The Water Festival is an important national holiday taking place over three days, but it is also known as one of the deadliest times in Cambodia
